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Job overview

We are seeking a motivated and experienced physiotherapist to join the established leadership team in neurology. The post holder will have significant experience within neuro-rehabilitation gained through a broad range of experiences, and will be able to provide leadership and clinical expertise to the HASU, ASU and neuro outliers caseload at the Northwick Park site alongside giving leadership and clinical supervision to the neuro outliers service at Ealing hospital. Working alongside the clinical lead OT for neurology, the post holder will ensure that both sites are effectively managed and that the department is effectively contributing towards both internal objectives alongside national measures such as SSNAP.

Working under the direction of the neurology lead for acute and community services, the post holder will be responsible for ensuring that an effective and evidence based service is delivered to those under our care. The post-holder will autonomously assess and treat their own specialist caseload of patients, defining and implementing programmes and group exercise classes, and will also contribute to the weekend rota. He/she will liaise with departmental leads to ensure collaborative working in all areas both within the defined teams and across service boundaries. 

Main duties of the job

·         To use advanced level of communication skills to facilitate good working relationships with own staff and managers, between all levels of the multidisciplinary team and with external agencies. This will include verbal and written presentations. To generate, discuss and question proposed service developments and the management of patients with senior members of the medical team and other agencies.

·         To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehab potential, provide expert advice on management and ensure understanding of clinical condition. To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills of persuasion, motivation, demonstration and explanation to encourage patients and their carers to undertake treatment programmes and optimise rehabilitation outcomes. To adapt style to various levels of understanding and different situations, including those where sensitive, complex or emotive information needs to be gained or imparted or where there are barriers to communication e.g. due to complex emotional, physical or psychological conditions.

·         To ensure the appropriate use of interpreting/translation services within the team.

·         To gain consent to intervention / management from the patient or relatives when required, in situations that may involve sensitive and highly complex information.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.